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Speaking of emails, I've been meaning to send you one about Sam Lypsite's novel Home Land which you mentioned in passing was one of the funniest books you've read. Based on that innocuous blurb from a fellow Mainer, I got myself a copy. You're right, it is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time.
Thanks for that. I think you have good taste despite being downright stupid and not knowing anything.

Posted by city kitty | May 2, 2008 12:51 PM
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inciteful?

Priceless.

Posted by thehim | May 2, 2008 12:52 PM
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..and speaking of downright stupid, it's Sam LIPSYTE.
dur.

Posted by city kitty | May 2, 2008 12:53 PM
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city kitty, I'm so glad that you liked Home Land. I really regretted not writing a long love letter to that book in the paper when it was first published, so I try to fit in little recommendations of the book here and there. That came out--what, two, three years ago? Where's the next Lipsyte? He can bring America together in these troubled times of socialism and New World Orderism.

Posted by Paul Constant | May 2, 2008 1:01 PM
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He was born in 1935. Anyone want to explain how he was opposed to entering WWI and WWII?

And people say Obama's fan club is a cult...

Posted by Cow | May 2, 2008 1:05 PM
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Damn Paultards!

Posted by brett | May 2, 2008 1:06 PM
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What is a "New World Order trader"? Does this have anything to do with Trader Joe's or Trader Vic's or maybe pirates? And Jimminy Christ, I didn't know that the author of "The Fountainhead" & "(Rand McNally's) Atlas Shrugged" was an "Aryn", either. I heard Aryns only likes teh white folks & Hitler.

Posted by E | May 2, 2008 1:15 PM
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Wow, um. OK. Now I know where all the kool-aid went. To paraphrase an old SNL skit "Paul, you ignorant slut."

p.s. I suck at being a stalker, I never looked at your photo until it was mentioned in the first letter. Your sunglasses scared me, I don't think I can stalk you anymore. The tie was hot though.

Posted by PopTart | May 2, 2008 1:18 PM
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Ron Paul was the only vote against the Genetic Discrimination law.

He wants to let insurers and employers deny you work because of genetic tests.

That's how un-American he is.

Posted by Will in Seattle | May 2, 2008 1:22 PM
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PopTart: Not to encourage stalking or anything, but I'm not really a sunglasses guy. I was in Montana in early summer and the sun was killing my eyes--that's the longest amount of time I've ever worn sunglasses in my life. However, I bought those sunglasses at Graceland and they do have sentimental value.

Posted by Paul Constant | May 2, 2008 1:26 PM
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Is it the photo of Paul Constant the town butcher?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2176489.stm

Posted by Cato | May 2, 2008 1:43 PM
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Sometimes I'd like to take a baseball bat to a libertarian's head to show them how "weak" socialists used to play the game.

Posted by Jay | May 2, 2008 1:48 PM
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Give libertarians a break. Its not easy being a self righteous white male in America.

Posted by Giffy | May 2, 2008 1:55 PM
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Oh, Internet.

Posted by laterite | May 2, 2008 1:57 PM
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Wait. Are you a Fascist or a Socialist? Right or left? I'm soooo confused now...

At least now we know where all the LaDouchebags have gone. They've all become Paultards.

Posted by Geni | May 2, 2008 2:08 PM
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Paultards love to speak of his massive amounts of supporters and usually fail to make the connection that they, uh, didn't fucking caucus?

Posted by w7ngman | May 2, 2008 2:11 PM
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I wonder, since he's vanished from the light of day, whether Paul's gone back to promoting racism and minting your own private currency?

Someone send me his address, because I need change for my million-dollar plastic coin. Sure it may look like a casino chip with my photo on it, but Dr. Paul figures it's just as good as real money.

The man's a loony, and like calls to like. Hence the rambling, monotonous, and crazy letters.

Posted by Metro | May 2, 2008 3:24 PM
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The president Paul claims most respect for is the nerdy, ineffectual Taft.

Maybe it's the diss of Taft that's generating all the hate mail.

Posted by JMR | May 2, 2008 3:25 PM
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Who, at some level, doesn't worry more about their sunglasses and hair in favor of the true state this country?

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | May 2, 2008 4:01 PM
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Interestingly, you could read the first letter as having been signed "fuckhead" (but that might be an issue of margin spacing).

Posted by David E. | May 2, 2008 4:27 PM
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@10 Graceland. Say no more. I'm back on the stalker payroll.

Though the link to David Schmader's photo in that other topic momentarily distracted me.

Posted by PopTart | May 2, 2008 4:46 PM
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The thing that Paul supporters conveniently seem to forget is that although some of Paul's individual policies or viewpoints may be logical, when you put them all together, he's clearly a lunatic.

Let me give you a specific example. Paul speaks of how Mexico and Canada will take over I-35 and create the "NAFTA Superhighway" where they won't pay tariffs on any of their goods, and will leave us out of trade negotiations that are going through this country. The only feasible way Mexico and Canada could take over I-35 would be for them to independently buy it, something that couldn't happen unless federal highways were privatized and sold to the highest bidder. Paul is for the privatization of federal roads, as is the Libertarian party. The only feasible way for Paul's great fear (NAFTA Superhighway) to happen, is for Paul's own policies (privatization of roads) to come into action.

If you are using logic or posess any sens of ethics at all, you cannot argue that this man is a nut. This isn't a problem for most Paul supporters or Libertarians, as they are used to arguing logically flawed and morally indefensible positions.

Posted by Sara | May 2, 2008 7:30 PM
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No religion, a North American Union, fluoride, orgies.

The more I hear about the New World Order the more I wanna live in it.

Posted by Sirkowski | May 3, 2008 5:18 PM

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